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Informationen zum Autor Fitzhugh Mullan! M.D. is Professor of Pediatrics and Public Health at George Washington University and a contributing editor of the journal Health Affairs. He is the author of Plagues and Politics: The Story of the United States Public Health Service (1989)! Vital Signs: A Young Physician's Struggle with Cancer (1983)! and White Coat! Clenched Fist: The Political Education of an American Physician (1976). Klappentext "Mullan gets it right! His 'big doctors' are the unsung heroes of American medicine. Their stories -and they are great stories-tell us where we have to go to build a medical system that will work for everybody. And I mean everybody - the CEO! the family on welfare! you! and me."-Studs Terkel! author of Working! The Good War! and Coming of Age " Big Doctoring is a unique undertaking. We hear people in the frontlines of medicine tell us their story! and tell it in their own voices. In these pages! which are a joy to read! we find proof that medicine is! and always will be! both art and science."-Abraham Verghese! M.D.! author of The Tennis Partner " Big Doctoring is an extraordinarily compelling effort by a dedicated and idealistic physician -- who offers us! through the voices of his informants! a clearly written narrative that tells of a profession's contemporary challenges and difficulties. Here is documentary work of the most instructive and telling kind -- a nation's healers become witnesses and teachers for us readers."-Robert Coles! M.D. "At a time when both doctors and patients in record numbers abhor the shadowy mass of gloomy economics and gruesome bureaucracy that has overtaken American medicine! Mullan shows us a path out of the darkness. And his is a desperately needed map! as physicins and nurses are now quitting in droves! tens of millions of Americans are losing their health insurance! and millions more! though insured! are forbidden treatments and primary care that could save their lives. Bravo!"-Laurie Garrett! author of The Coming Plague and Betrayal of Trust Zusammenfassung Argues that primary care is a fascinating, important, and endangered calling. This book sheds light on the political and economic contradictions that confront American medicine. It explains how the primary care movement has emerged built on the principles of 'big doctoring' - coordinated, comprehensive care over time. Inhaltsverzeichnis Contents Introduction 1. Primary Care Roots 2. The New GPs: The Family Physician Comes of Age Eugene McGregor! M.D.: A Legacy of General Practice Connie Adler! M.D.: Living Rural Medicine Neil Calman! M.D.: Urban Warrior 3. Roots Rediscovered: The Internist and the Pediatrician as Generalists Beach Conger! M.D.: Caretaker and Contrarian Linda Headrick! M.D.: Seeking a Common Language in Primary Care Selma Deitch! M.D.! M.P.H.: Children First 4. The New Clinicians: Nurse Practitioners and Physician Assistants Therese Hidalgo! C.F.N.P.: Proud to Be a Nurse Carl Toney! P.A.: Building a New Profession Holly Gerlaugh! F.N.P.! P.A.-C.: A One-Woman Merger 5. The System Doctors: Managed Care and Primary Care Sam Ho! M.D.: Idealist! Innovator! Entrepreneur Sallyann Bowman! M.D.: A Philadelphia Story Gwen Wagstrom Halaas! M.D.! M.B.A.: Evidence-Based Doctoring 6. The Quixote Factor: Generalists Doing Special Battle William Kapla! M.D.: Life and Death in San Francisco Barbara Ross-Lee! D.O.: Ground Breaker Janelle Goetcheus! M.D.: Doctor Succor 7. Building a Better Future: The Case for Primary Care Acknowledgments Notes Index ...
